pigweed

[ pig-weed ]

/ ˈpɪgˌwid /

noun

any goosefoot of the genus Chenopodium, especially C. album.

any of certain amaranths, as Amaranthus retroflexus.

Origin of pigweed

First recorded in 1795–1805; pig¹ + weed¹

Words nearby pigweed

pigsty, pigswill, pigtail, pig-tailed macaque, pigtail hook, pigweed, pihoihoi, PIK, pika, pikake, pikau

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Example sentences from the Web for pigweed

First, I picked the pigweed and tansy, or how could she have made the cheese?
Aunt Madge's Story|Sophie May
Weed seeds such as those of spurges (Euphorbia), ragweed, and pigweed were found in trace amounts in the diet of the crows.
Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas|Dwight Platt
A pigweed, and a month from now it would be waist high to you.
The Black Fawn|James Arthur Kjelgaard
Barnyard grass (Panicum crusgalli) behaved like pigweed, and 'needed considerable attention.'
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899|Various

A plant like the pigweed, which lives only one year, is called an annual and is one of the easiest weeds to destroy.
Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett

British Dictionary definitions for pigweed

pigweed

/ (ˈpɪɡˌwiːd) /

noun

Also called: redroot any of several coarse North American amaranthaceous weeds of the genus Amaranthus, esp A. retroflexus, having hairy leaves and green flowers

a US name for fat hen

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单词	pigweed
释义	pigweed [ pig-weed ] / ˈpɪgˌwid / noun any goosefoot of the genus Chenopodium, especially C. album. any of certain amaranths, as Amaranthus retroflexus. Origin of pigweed First recorded in 1795–1805; pig¹ + weed¹ Words nearby pigweed pigsty, pigswill, pigtail, pig-tailed macaque, pigtail hook, pigweed, pihoihoi, PIK, pika, pikake, pikau Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pigweed First, I picked the pigweed and tansy, or how could she have made the cheese? Aunt Madge's Story\|Sophie May Weed seeds such as those of spurges (Euphorbia), ragweed, and pigweed were found in trace amounts in the diet of the crows. Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas\|Dwight Platt A pigweed, and a month from now it would be waist high to you. The Black Fawn\|James Arthur Kjelgaard Barnyard grass (Panicum crusgalli) behaved like pigweed, and 'needed considerable attention.' Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899\|Various A plant like the pigweed, which lives only one year, is called an annual and is one of the easiest weeds to destroy. Agriculture for Beginners\|Charles William Burkett British Dictionary definitions for pigweed pigweed / (ˈpɪɡˌwiːd) / noun Also called: redroot any of several coarse North American amaranthaceous weeds of the genus Amaranthus, esp A. retroflexus, having hairy leaves and green flowers a US name for fat hen Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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